‘Little difficulty’ proving Qatar booze deal breached, but top lawyers say it may not mean a legal row November 18, 2022 Budweiser will have “little difficulty” proving there has been “breach of contract” after Qatar banned alcohol in stadiums for the World Cup, but top lawyers say it may not lead to a massive legal row. The beer brand’s owners AB InBev were left in a state of shock this morning after Qatar announced booze would [...]
Twitter HQ in chaos as mass exodus of staff picks up after Musk sets ‘hardcore’ deadline November 18, 2022 After Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk gave workers a choice to pledge to “hardcore” work or resign with severance pay, the social platform is bleeding engineers. Some took to Twitter to announce they were signing off after Musk’s deadline to make the pledge. A number of employees took to a private forum outside of the [...]
3 red flags for a workplace with a bad culture November 17, 2022 We hear a lot about culture at work these days. It’s a slightly hard-to-grasp term that can mean a number of things, from how well a company’s people are treated to its policies around diversity and inclusion, but essentially, culture is the company’s core values, traditions, attitudes, behaviours, and beliefs which are shared and upheld [...]
Matt Hancock’s eating bugs to improve his image – will the same work for me too? November 17, 2022 Spare a thought for poor former health secretary Matt Hancock, who has been so drastically misunderstood that he’s had to fly all the way to Australia to eat bugs and worms and testicles to present his “human” side to the British public. “The honest truth is there’s so few ways in which politicians can show [...]
Revolut and the race – or not – to superapp status November 17, 2022 What on earth is a superapp and do we really want one, asks Charlie Conchie
Ed Warner: If Liverpool’s owners want to sell, expect more American buyers November 17, 2022 Ed Warner addresses why American investors are the most likely purchases of any Liverpool shares on the market, why England’s Rugby World Cup defeat was good for the women’s game, and cricket song choices with a sense of humour. Forty-three days without the Premier League. Three days in and already I’m suffering withdrawal symptoms. Yes, [...]
There’s no sugar for spending cuts, but we must avoid the salami slicer November 17, 2022 Later today, the UK’s chief financial officer, Jeremy Hunt, will share his plans to balance the books and keep the UK solvent or, at least, investable. Managers everywhere will find this relatable. Most of us have needed to reduce costs, whilst keeping the show on the road, during recent years of pandemic, followed by this [...]
A little birdwatching: Are tech firms like Musk’s Twitter ready for regulation? November 16, 2022 ELON MUSK’s dramatic takeover of Twitter – complete with firing the entire management team and half the staff – has been the talk of, ahem, Twitter for the past week, as well as much of the rest of the world. It has also divided opinion amongst the most strongly politically engaged. Many on the right [...]
TikTok tackles US data woes head-on and digs at Twitter November 16, 2022 THE CHIEF of TikTok said the video-sharing giant was pumping heaving investment into US data security in a bid to allay fears from across the Atlantic. Speaking at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore earlier today, TikTok boss Shou Zi Chew said the firm was working on ‘Project Texas’, which would isolate sensitive data [...]
Briton in Brexit fight of his life as Denmark plans to deport him for missing deadline November 16, 2022 A British national residing in EU member state Denmark is reportedly being deported from the Nordic country because he missed a residency application by just under four days. Phil Russell said he did not know he needed a residency application in order to remain with his fiancée Frederike in the country. As a result, he [...]